Recent Articles
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Managing Exodus
Wil Berrios expects to lose 75% of his experienced information-technology workers during the next three years. And another 10% in the two years after that. But he’s okay with that. For Berrios, chief information officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the coming wave of retirements is something of a blessing in disguise. Those…
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Offshore Opt-Out
When online lender E-Loan Inc. said it would use processing agents in both India and the United States, it may have signaled a need to disclose how its work is managed. Pleasanton, Calif.-based E-Loan last month launched a pilot program for its home-equity-line customers, allowing them to choose whether they want to send work to…
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iDefense Alert: Cisco Web Administration DDoS Vulnerability
Security intelligence firm iDefense Inc. on April 1, reported that remote exploitation of a design error vulnerability in Cisco Systems Inc.’ 600 series Web Administration service allows for a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) condition. The company rated the severity of this security event as high. The Web Administration service on the Cisco 627, 633, 673, 675, 675E,…
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IBM Opens Power Platform
NEW YORK—Taking the game plan implemented so successfully by Linux proponents, IBM will open up its Power microprocessor platform to enable other companies to innovate on top of the architecture. The goal is to enable Power-based solutions to grow to the point where much of the technology developed—from the smallest embedded systems to the largest…
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Ready for a Switch?
Cisco Systems Inc. remains the king of networking, but Hewlett-Packard Co. is building a small networking empire of its own. Just ask Monroe County School District in the Florida Keys. The district has rolled out HP ProCurve layer 3 (5300 series) and layer 2 (4100 and 2524 series) switches across its 12 schools and administrative…
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Former Apple Dealers Move Protest to Web
A group of angry dealers on Wednesday launched a protest Web site against Apple Computer Inc. The resellers—currently suing Apple in Superior Court—are asking customers to help “uncover any skeletons that Apple is hiding.” TellOnApple.org is the latest step in a series of lawsuits filed against Apple last year by a number of former authorized…
